polls continue to show a tight race. tonight, president obama and mitt romney take the stage for

round two of the debate. fox 5 morning news continues right now. straight up 6:00 right now on this tuesday, october 16th. the monument now, front and center on a chilly start to your day. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time now to talk to tucker barnes. we see him again. >> hello. >> fox 5 morning news, where every comment counts. >> your comments will count right now in regards to the weather. >> our temperature falling back into the 40s, low others here in town. you will notice the cool temperatures. a big difference from yesterday morning as we've lost 10 or 15 degrees from 4 hours ago. rain showers out of here. that is another good news. know we're still dark at the moment. when the sun gets up, we should be in for a bright and sunny day touched a bit of a breeze here out of the north and west. that will be with us for i agood portion of the day. that will lock in the cool for

the day. high temperature in the mid- 60s. we'll show you the regional temperatures. 35 in columbus. 44 in detroit. i think we will cool down into the low 40s later tonight and early tomorrow morning but lots of sunshine, should be a beautiful looking day. it will be a little breezy at times an a little cool with highs in the mid-60s. 64 in leonardtown. and let's see 62 in hagerstown for an afternoon high. >> all right. just loving those temperatures. they'll look great. >> nice time of year. >> time now to talk to julie wright. she has our on-time traffic. hello. >> hey, wisdom. all right, you guys. traveling along eastbound 66, this is where we find the crew in sky fox, not too windy for the boys today. good morning, jeremy. traveling eastbound along 66 headed eastbound from manassas headed in towards centreville. you will find a stretch of slow

traffic leaving fair oaks headed eastbound towards 123. liz, do we have the shot from sky fox. we have heavy volume right now headed eastbound, no accidents to report, just volume. be prepared for slowdowns there and again on northbound i-95. this is where we have accident activity approaching the prince william parkway. it is off to the left shoulder. at least two vehicles involved. you can see the participants involved in that crash. be very careful headed northbound out city. overall, 95 stacked up out of stafford. traffic on 395 below speed at duke street. inbound suitland parkway before naylor road. we know of at least one lane currently blocked at this time. traveling southbound along 270, your lanes are open. no problems to report coming out from 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. tonight, as you know, the much anticipated rematch between president obama and mitt romney. >> only this time, the second

presidential debate will be a town hall style format. the show downis being held at hofstra university in long island, new york and will be moderated by cnn's candy crowley. candidates will face questions from the audience. shawn yancy spoke with american university professor alan lichtman. >> he needs to be more engage ped and he needs to call out mitt romney when necessary, something he didn't do at all last time but of a got to tread a fine line and avoid the attack dog image. he needs to show that he can stand with ordinary people with the president and relate to them extremely well. that is the example eng for mitt romney. >> tonight's presidential tea bate begins at 9:00 p.m. you with watch it here on fox 5. both campaigns are keeping their focus on the battleground state of virginia. romney's running mate, congressman paul ryan is going

to be in lynchburg and fredericksburg later. talk to us on twitter about this. the hash tag is fox 5 d.c. you decide. election day, of course, almost here and it is croocial to go to the polls with the facts. fox 5 news edge you decide 2012 is here to help focusing on both local and national candidates. -- and it is crucial to go to the polls with the facts. first lady michelle obama will be campaigning in north carolina today. yesterday, two motorcycles in her motorcade side sweeped each oo. a police officer and a state trooper were injured. both were hospitalized in stable condition. no one else was hurt and no word on what caused the crash. a look at the morning's other top stories. a teenager shot and killed in his own home. this happened yesterday afternoon on 25th avenue in hillcrest heights. relatives tell fox 5 the victim

answered the door. there was an argument and then a shot was fired. the teen died at a local hospital. his family says he was going to be a father and thought he had some trouble. they just don't know who could have killed him. no word on a possible suspect or motive in this case. relief for two virginia families whose loved ones had gown missing while hiking out west. they had gone like at glacier national park in montana. they were supposed to head back to virginia on friday but did not board their plane. search and rescue crews found them late yesterday afternoon. they had fallen down a ravine, rationed their remaining food and drink and used their gear to survive the freezing weather. >> pandemonium broke out. we were all screaming, they found them, they found them. and tears were -- i said oh, are you sure because i soaked your shirt. i hadn't really cried yet because i felt in my gut that

nothing catastrophic had happened to him yet. so i couldn't cry. so knowing that he was safe, i could allow myself to cry. >> kathy peckens says the men did not have a gps tracking device with them. she says her son neal will get about six of them for christmas. >> i imagine he will after that. won't want to go anyanywhere without one. also making headline, a bold statement from secretary. -- secretary of state hillary clinton stemming from the consulate attack in libya. u.s. officials say they know who is to blame for the banks being hacked. maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million

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secretary of state hillary clinton is taking the blame for the attack on the american

consulate in libya. republicans are accusing the obama administration of covering up the truth about the attacks. clinton says the state department, not the white house is responsible for any security lapses. >> i'm responsible for the state department for the more than 60,000 people around the world. the decisions about security assets are made by security professionals. but we're going to review everything to make sure that we're doing what needs to be done in an increasingly risky environment around the world. >> during the vice presidential debate last week, vice president joe biden says he was never told that the consulate requested more security. the investigation continues into a string of cyberattacks. it slowed access sees to imron line banking for millions of customers. dame of service attacks hit several major barges. now, u.s. officials are saying it appears the attacks came out of iran and that they were carried out by hackers working

with the a ronian government. iran has denied it is behind the attacks. the government is investigating two more drugs from the same pharmacy lab linked to outbreak of fungal meningitis. there are now 214 cases in 15 states. after the back-to-back blizzards we saw not too long ago, you may not want to think too much about snow. >> he with don't want to think about it the all. officials in d.c. are ready to roll the next time the s word strikes. doe tail on -- details on what they are doing to get ready for winter weather. >> we are checking in with tucker for a look at your forecast. yesterday's rain cleared the way for some much nicer weather. we'll get more on that coming up as we take a live look right now at 395 in virginia. maryland schools are number one in america because

we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland

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welcome back. d.c., remember those days? a couple of years ago. d.c. getting ready for the winter, of course. it is that time of year and yesterday, councilmember mary cheh held a hearing to discuss the district's snow plan. got to have a plan. the winter of 2009 and 2010 were tough ones with unblizzard in december and two back-to- back storms in february. accu-weather predict we could be in for above normal snowfall this win the year every time this is a forecast of precipitation and cool weather, we need to be proactive and send people out. so last year, even though we had virtually no snow, we still have h. to mobilize eleven times because there was a forecast of snow. >> and another winter weather outlook will be issued in a few week which may give city leaders a better idea of what

to prepare for. >> i just got cold just looking at that. >> i know. not too cold outside right now thankfully not compared to that. you wake up right now and you think 50s and 40s are cold. you remember that winter weather. >> national weather service is going to come out with the winter prediction in a couple of days. not an exact science. we are not going to panic about long-term forecasts. >> they can't say for certain. >> i just want to get today's forecast right. one day at a time. >> one day at a time. one weather hit at a time. >> one day at a time. lets get started with a look at your forecast. we got cooler. we've got cool temperature outside to start your day. but here is the good news. staying dry until friday. next several days, midweek looks great. lots of sunshine, low humidity. this will be a nice breeze out there today. if you like that sort of vintage october weather, you will love the forecast a little later this afternoon. let's do some temperatures at

reagan national. we have fallen to 54 degrees. noticeably cooler than we were 24 hours ago. just off to the north and west, 46. 48 out at dulles. 48 in manassas and fredericksburg. leonardtown, you just dropped two degrees. 48degrees for you as well in southern maryland. cooler start to the day. winds will be picking up out of the north and west. it won't be a blustery day but we'll have breezes out of the north and west gusting to about 15 miles per hour. that will lock in the cool. kids headed to the bus stop, expect dry conditions. you will probably want to bring along the jacket. nice and quiet. got a little bit of ground clutter here, a little bit of moisture and a little fog in spots out to the west. we mentioned the fog. the fog should quickly burn off in spots where we're watching it develop and then we should be in for a bright and sunny day today across the mid- atlantic as our cold front from yesterday, that is what brought us the rain shower activity, there you go, has pushed off to the north and east now pushing up into cape cod. a little bit of cloud cover hanging in the mountains that

should have a tendency to dissipate here during the day and with respect building in from the west, i don't expect any rain shower activity to return until about friday. 66 today, wind north and west 10 to 15. plenty of sunshine, a little breezy out there. particularly during the morning hours. it should lighten up later today. just plain old cool tonight, 47 overnight. it will be cold in spots. some of the area falling back into the low 40s overnight. clear skies, cool temperatures, lighter winds north and west. here is your accu-weather seven- day forecast. next couple of days, just about perfect. highs near 70 wednesday and thursday. could be a few showers on friday. we'll get it out of here for the weekend. right now, saturday and sunday look good with temperatures in the 60s. let he do some traffic and late find out what julie wants to talk about. >> i got to tell you, i saw that footage from all that snow and i just cringed. >> you couldn't believe, could you? >> i was like, oh, my heart. the crew in sky fox joining us

now on dry pavement. this is northbound i-95 that jeremy is over. accident activity blocking the left side of the roadway. the left lane tied up now. v-d.o.t. on the scene with a. long with state police. your delay starting to slow back in stafford. of a got delays at courthouse road. for this delay, you are stacked up from before potomac mills headed out toward the accident scene. taking it back inside, we'll update the ride north of town. coming southbound along 270, working your way in from buckiestown, work in toward father hurley boulevard, just 46 minutes getting from buckiestown into germantown. the pace is better, no incidents to report southbound making your way to the split. if you are continuing inbound suitland parkway towards south capital street and the douglass bridge, all lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. coming up next being we'll go live to fox business network

in new york. it is national boss day. find out how many people are happy with who is in charge. >> and as we go to break, indian automaker tata made headlines with hits $3,000 microcar. it is coming to the u.s. it 11 news the specks include no power steering and no air bags. investments, personally, about paid 14% in federal taxes, is that fair to the guy higher rate than you did? romney: "yeah, encourage economic growth." us. is that the way to grow america? this message.

welcome back to fox 5 morning news. it is national boss day. will you take the time out today to say thanks to your boss? we'll have more on that in just a minute. first, let's take a look at the

markets. lauren simonetti with fox business network. don't tell anybody why air standing outside just yet. we'll get to that in a moment. first, let's talk about the markets, we're doing okay, right? >> pretty good start to the week, wisdom. i am on wall street surrounded by banks and huge financial institutions. and yesterday, the dow was up 95 points. up arrows for the other averages as well. earning season really coming in fierce this week. we'll hear from nearly half of the dow 30 and a good portion of the s&p 500 so city bank's numbers were teasent yesterday and well that plus solid retail sales and we had a rally on wall street. >> now, the most important question of the day, tell us why you are outside. you are surrounded by the banks with your warm clothe on. tell us why you are outside because this has to do with national bosses day. >> if you go a couple of feet behind me, you see a dunk tank

with a big red thing here. see, wisdom? >> i see. >> i should be a washington national. on my first throw about 10 minutes ago, i totally hit it on the but's eye and the boss who was getting dunked, it is freezing out here, i dunked him. that is why he is not here. >> your real boss? >> no, not my real boss. an impersonator boss. i imagined it was my real boss. i'm kidding. i'm deading. there is a new survey that says two out of three workers are unhappy right now. they are so unhappy that the same two out of three workers say they would prefer a new boss over a pay raise. those are some startling stats. it just shows you that many of us are just staying in our jobs because we are too worried about not being able to get a new job. since it is national boss day ache lot of people are happy at work and 38% of us will say thank you to your bosses out

there. be sure to say thank you if that is how you feel. some pretty staggers numbers. >> we will be saying thank you whether we like or bosses or not because we like the paychecks we yet. >> we want to feel appreciated. we want to feel appreciated. >> yes, we do. let us know in your real boss come out. >> you say thank you. you don't make the boss a devil. don't do that. >> no devil for the boss. >> bad, good. >> got it. >> thank you very much. good to see you this morning. back to the morning's big story. down to the wire in the presidential election. voters will have their say three week away from today and tonight, president obama and republican nominee mitt romney get another chance to sway more voters their way. also ahead, d.c. leaders take

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welcome back. it is 6:30 right now on a chilly start to our tuesday. >> we cooled off. front came through last night and brought you the rain showers. our temperatures have fallen back into the 40s and low 50s. kids running out the door to the bus stop will want to bring along a jacket. it will be cool today. even later this afternoon, our high temperatures will only top out in the mid-60s. we are in for a cooler weather pattern for the next couple of days. we had some rain showers move through yesterday. we've quieted down overnight. lots of sunshine expected. still got about an hour until the sun gets up. once it does so, it should be a beautiful looking day. it will be a little breezy at time with winds north and west

gusting to about 15. that will lock in the cool feel for you for the day. current temperature, reagan national, 54 degrees. we've fall noon the 40s out at dulles and at bwi marshall -- we've fallen into the 40s out at dulles and at bwi marshall. it should be a nice-hooking day. >> sounds good. let's check in with traffic now. big story right now is going to be in virginia. let me take you there live courtesy of the crew in sky fox. this is accident is what was tying up the left side of the roadway. left leap still blocked with v- d.o.t. and state police on the scene. coming northbound, big delays out of stafford right now from courthouse road to aquia harbor. traffic slowing leaving quantico pretty much up to the

accident scene. well before potomac mills if you are in a becomeup headed to i-95. northbound i-95, again, here in lorton, the left side of roadway is blocked just north of lorton. accident activity there with fire and rescue units on the scene. that will keep new a backup out of woodbridge. once you get past the crash at the prince william parkway, the pace does not improve because it is still slow moving headed up to the accident scene here. even our hov lanes gridlocked here because of appear accident at the franconia springfield parkway. accident northbound in lorton tying up the left side of the highway once again. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. president obama and republican presidential nominee mitt romney will face off in their second presidential

debate tonight being held at hofstra university in long island, new york. now this, time, the format is a town hall style setting. so audience members will be able to ask questions directly to the candidates. for mitt romney, it is a chance to show his first debate was in the a fluke and for president obama, it is a chance to regroup after what he admits was a less than stellar performance. >> he has to work against that. that is very important for him. that is not very difficult to do. that is the easiest thing to do is not show up the way he showed up in denver. of course, now, the shoe is on the other foot. now, he has got to worry about living up to expectations and the next day's story is not just obama did better. >> tonight's presidential debate begins at 9:00 p.m. president obama and the first lady announced they are both voting early in a move to promote the campaign's efforts to push for absentee and early voting.

while mitt romney is in new york for the presidential debate, his running mate paul ryan will be back here in virginia. ryan has stops planned today in lynchburg and fredericksburg. and back to tonightance debate. we want to hear your comments as the two candidates face off. talk to us on twitter. the hash tag if that is fox 5 d.c. you decide. election day almost here, it is crucial to go to the polls with the facts. fox 5 news edge you decide 2012 is here to help with that focusing on both local and national candidates. it starts next monday at 6:30 right here on fox 5. on fox 5. another big story we are following this morning, today, members of the d.c. council will recommend lowering the fines for speed camera tickets. right now, the fines can be pretty hefty as you know and starting at $75 and going up from there. the move leaves some skeptical of why they want to lower the rates. fox 5's karen gray houston is

live in northwest with the details. good question. >> reporter: good question, that's right, sarah. some low income residents and motorist don't have the discretionary income to pay speeding fines that could be as high as $250. that is why councilmembers mary cheh and tommy wells said they wanted to revisit the issue of the cost of those speeding tickets. we are here on 16ing on the street. this is a very heavily traveled route into town. so those speeding cameras you see over there just south of kennedy street are no doubt quite the revenue produce fore the city. then again, you do have the motor i haves who slow down right before the cameras and speed up when they get by them but cheh and wells have organized a special task force thats been looking into how to lower fines while being consistent about safety and enforcement. the task force included aaa mid

than atlantic and the d.c. pedestrian advisory council. >> for speeding and some other fines that are up to $250, they double after 30 days. we'll tax another look at that. >> reporter: what a difference a state makes. getting a speeding ticket in maryland, will give you a fine of only about $40. so sarah, i guess this might be a lesson in this somewhere. >> perhaps. not speed i guess is what some people say. some of those are pretty pricy i have to say. thank you so much. u so much. all right. we are talking about monday night football because dave ross is here. this is the morning line. >> don't get me started on those tickets. let me ask but robert griffin iii before we get to peyton

manning and the great philip rivers. because those guys, at least philip rivers, showed the propencetive to turn it over last night. how many turnovers do you think robert griffin iii has through his six-week nfl career. >> two interceptions. >> that is correct. >> i do my research. >> a quarterback rating of 100.5, which is third best in the entire nfl and everybody is still buzzing about his heels to the field run on sunday. 76yards to the house. game on the, still rocking the pink sleep which we like for breast cancer awareness month. this play is the special type of play that some of another quarterbacks we talk about can't make. >> this is how you make your money right here. this wasn't a we're up by 0 and just padding the stats. this was a play they had to have to win the game. that is what he did. that is what makes it even more special. afterwards, they are still in a over this play. >> it was a special feeling and

i'll definitely watch that. i got to prove to those guys that i still have the track speed that they've been talking about or saying i don't have. it always feels good when you can do that. >> i'm watching from the back. i look at their said lines, i was like take that. ke take tha juror i was screaming get out of bounds, and turned it up. and i was ecstatic from there. a guy with that type of speed in the quarterback position, you don't see that too often, man. he will make history in this league. >> he has got what they call in the business dave ross speed. that's what he this call it. last night, monday night football -- is that your car? >> i got another ticket. >> i bet you did. >> last night it looked like this sucker was ovt the half. 24-0 san diego. so i went to bed.

philip rivers, 4-0 lead at home. in the powder blue uniforms, i mean they got this thing taking care of. >> then captain turnover. >> captain turnover had four picks. >> and two fumbles. >> six turnovers in one game. >> we are talking about not a practice, a real game gentleman he has the most turn overs of any nfl quarterback in the last two years. >> your gay, peyton manning brought them back. they get it done. 5 unanswered points by denver. both of those teams tied atop the afc west at 3-3. it is a bad division. are you watching plateoffs now that the nats are out? >> the nats are out so i'm out. >> you're watching it because it's on fox 5. >> well, yeah, the tv is on. >> of course, you are. >> we went out to the wild,

wild west. >> the unwritten rules. >> i know you love that. >> look at that holiday with the boot right there between the wickets. san francisco wins the game easily to tie this thing up at one. real quickly, i just want you to see the play that people are talk about today. marco scudero, had the ball go through his legs. it will roll him at second base. do you have to retaliate if you are the giant today in game three or tomorrow in game three. >> no, you don't. >> no? >> we're out of time. >> we'll just say no you don't. >> unwritten rules, tear them up. >> i agree to disagree. back to you. >> thank you. coming up next, look is for a little extra cash for the holidays. we'll tell you who is hiring 50,000 workers. a baby delivered at a truck stop and it was would helped bring the baby into the world that make the story even more incede yaibl. stay with us.

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> leonardtown, southern maryland, we are 48 degrees for you. 47 now in baltimore.

you can see the 40s breaking out to the west, manassas and dulles, 48 degrees. kind of a cool start to your day. noticeably cooler than what we had around here yesterday. the other thing you will notice is the cooler temperatures, the breezes. they will big up out of the north and west. they will be with us for the first half of the day. radar, nice and quiet. rain showers yesterday pushing off to the east and to the north. they are out of here and we're looking at much quieter conditions today. should be a lot of sunshine. a little fog out to the west but once that burns off, should be a lot of sunshine back in the area. a nice couple of days. the weather pattern setting up to an real nice not only today but for much of the middle of the week. showers pushing up north and east of new york pushing up towards boston. that is about t a few clouds you out to the west. our trend will be to increase is sunshine around here for your tuesday. why? high pressure. that will be moving overhead later tonight. won be shocked if we don't have some more frost advisories well

west of the city later tonight as temperatures are really going to cool town with the clear skies. tomorrow, this area of high pressure will get just far enough east. we'll get that return flow and temperatures around here will top out in the low 70s in some spots. again, a lot of sunshine tomorrow and back near 70. the next couple of days, kind of a quiet weather pattern but a nice one. a good looking day and we should be dry for your tuesday. here is your accu-weather seven- day forecast. lots of sunshine wednesday and thursday with high temperatures about 70. could be some scattered showers on friday. still some question mark about how much rain we might get but that will be the next chance for rain. right now, weekend looks nice and dry for the various football games, soccer games, flag football games that all our area kids have this weekend. >> yeah. looks good. we love it. >> tony perkins is here. >> good morning. >> you know, you would make a great moderator.

>> i just that you had i would tell you that today. >> i haven't even the segment yet but i look forward to t i like doing that kind of thing. guess what. it is time for ask tony and tucker. is in the segment where tucker barnes and i put our heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today's question comes from page drake. page rights why is there ample tailgating at football games but never at baseball games. that is a good point. at least as far as i know, certainly at our local baseball games, there is really no place to tailgate at nationals park. >> when the phillies were in town, they found ways to tailgate. >> really? >> i saw them. >> do they tailgate up at camden yards, tucker? >> yes and know. not the same as a football game. -- yes and no. >> i think people hack out in the parking lot and drink beer but i'm not sure it is the

party effect. >> at football games, i've recently been for a college game and to a redskins game. i mean people have their cooking gear and tents and tvs. some people tailgate and never go into the stadium. >> they sit outside. >> they do. >> you've seen that too. >> if you are coming in trying to pack your car and get into the stadium, it is a little tough because they're taking up so many spaces. >> they're vague good time. >> they're playing adult beverage pong, corn hole, is that what that game is called. >> yeah, you try to throw the bane bags. >> i little bit of jell-o too. >> a smile on people's faces. let me talk about the history of the tailgating. >> the history? >> yes, because that plains how we got football to be the tailgate. the first incident of tailgating or sort of the

origins ever tailgating actually have nothing to do with sports. they go back to the battle of bull run which took place around here in manassas. people took their picnics out to watch the first battle of the civil war. >> seems strange now. >> i know it seems strange but it is actually true. and during the actual battle -- can we just pick one and stay there. people chanted go big blue during the actual battle. apparently, they were heard chanting go big blue. >> were there tickets to it. >> no, you could get in absolutely free. >> plenty of parking spaces. >> you may not leave alive. >> careful. stray shots. >> about sick years later, this guy name charles goodnight, very famous, do you know why? >> he wrote good night moon. >> maybe he wrote that too. a u.s. army sergeant created

the chuck wagon. he realized you could feed people on the move. so he is credited with developing the chuck wagon. that developed in the late 1806s. so come 1869 and a football game between princeton and rutgers, they had the first actual tailgating that took place. it wasn't tailgating because they didn't have cars. everybody shows up with their picnics and the rutgers supporters dressed in their colors. the first time that had ever happened before. so it all evolved and then the colleges over the past hundred years and now professional teams got big into tailgating. my theory is this. sunday being most people have the day off. baseball games are played seven das a week basically. a lot of them are at night. you don't have time. you are going to work, showing up for a quick beer in the parking lost you can prepare all weak long for your tailgate festivities for football. inthat is why it is much more prevalent with football. also, the tradition started with football. >> i had no idea it could be

traced back that far. that is cool. >> did you cover why it is called tailgating. >> no, i think it is the tailgate of a car. >> we have to run. >> gotcha. >> thank you, tucker. that is very good. >> if you have a question you would like to have answered, go to com and click on the weather tab. >> let's talk to somebody who knows a thing or two about tailgating, julie wright. >> it doesn't count if you are in your own driveway. >> i like that song. they play it at every sporting event. >> i love that. >> i forget the name of it too. >> i don't know the name of this song. >> i don't know either. >> i can see it in my mind. >> people at home are yessing at the tv. >> rock and roll too by who? gary glitter. >> there you go.

>> speaking of tailgating, i think a lot of folks with have their breakfast out here. three stents have popped up on us northbound on i-95. one accident involve a motorcycle in the hov lanes before you reach 286. the second accident in the main line before you reach 286, the fairfax county parkway as well. almost in the same spot, we have two separate accidents northbound on i-95. overall, we had the crash. we can go ahead and pull up the live shot from sky fox if you can. i've got accident activity in the main line before you reach newington, left side of the roadway is blocked. notice the center of your screen. gridlocked traffic right now out of woodbridge headed up towards 286. accident activity there involving the motorcycle had the left lane blocked off there as well. again be major tie-ups coming from quantico headed from springfield. 58 to father hurley, about a 45 minute commute headed into germantown out of frederick. ut

on the phone with v-d.o.t. eastbound freeway at south capital street, had reports of an accident there. checking for an incident across the sousa bridge. so far, come up empty handed. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a homeless man is being hailed as a lifesaver in oklahoma city. you see a woman and her fiance were just 15 minutes away from the hospital when she went into labor at a truck stop thursday night. she gave birth in her car but the baby girl had her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. a homeless man saw what was happening and jumped into to help. paramedics say the man saved the infant's life by freeing her neck, untying the umbilical cord and rubbing her back. le -- the little girl and mom are doing fine. still ahead on fox 5 morning news, the big event known for its horse races. >> but horse racing isn't all the international gold cup is all about. holly morris has more on that

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and i approve this message. good morning everybody, i'm holly morris, how about that for a sunrise? we are live this morning in what some call god's country. specifically it is great meadow, the plains where they are gearing you this week for the 75th running for the international gold cup. it is what some say the social event of the season. its is one of the largest steeple chase races that goes on in the country and it has riders from around the world that will be competing this weekend. we're going to give you a preview of the race. we have a jack ski and horse coming -- jockey coming out and horse coming out. but there are other fun things. the terrier races are always a highlight. we might have our own terrier race this morning and you cannot talk gold cup and tailgating and hats. we have all the information you

need to know so you can come out and be a part of the vane yourself. i know -- scene yourself. i know you guys like to be even and be seen. >> oh definitely. >> oh all about it. love the little dog there too. so cute. that does it for the 6:00 hour. tony and allison. happy tuesday. >> on fox 5 morning news on a tuesday, round two. the stage set for the second presidential debate and with early voting in full swing, both candidates have a lot to prove to win over those undecided voters. more on what the president and mitt romney are doing to prepare. >> and a successful end to an intense search in montana for two missing hikers from virginia. we'll hear from one of their mothers about how the men managed to survive. >> plus, changes could be on the way to the district's speed cameras, why some city leaders want to lower the price you pay. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now.